Portfolio
Industry, Science and Resources
$3.2bn
2026-27 Budget estimate
−$75m (−2.3%) on 2025-26 estimated actual
A further $1.5bn appears in this portfolio’s tables but is not counted here: it is counted where the money is paid from, or it is not an expense. Why.
Department of Industry, Science and Resources$1.4bn−10.2%
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation$684m−6.6%
Geoscience Australia$357m−10.6%
IP Australia$286m+4.3%
Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation$214m+8.5%
National Reconstruction Fund Corporation$204m+241.2%
Change on 2025-26
−10% or more
−2 to −10%
within ±2%
+2 to +10%
+10% or more, or new
Traced to named suppliers and grant recipients
$1.4bn falls in 2026-27, equal to 44.8% of this total: $1.1bn in contracts and $368m in grants. estimate: annualised
From AusTender contract notices and GrantConnect grant awards published since 2022-07-01. Each contract’s or grant’s value is spread evenly from its start to end date. These values are commitments, not payments, and records published before 2022-07-01 are not included yet.
By entity
| Entity | 2025-26 estimated actual |
2026-27 Budget estimate |
Change | Share | Contracts and grants 2026-27 est. |
Removed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Reconstruction Fund Corporation | $60m | $204m | +$144m +241.2% | 6.4% | – | $18m |
| Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation | $197m | $214m | +$17m +8.5% | 6.7% | $25m 11.7% | $346m |
| IP Australia | $274m | $286m | +$12m +4.3% | 8.9% | $74m 26.0% | – |
| Net Zero Economy Authority | $53m | $56m | +$2.7m +5.2% | 1.7% | $15m 26.8% | – |
| National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority | $3.8m | $4.0m | +$187k +4.9% | 0.1% | $1.8m 44.8% | $62m |
| Geoscience Australia | $399m | $357m | −$42m −10.6% | 11.1% | $192m 53.9% | – |
| Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation | $733m | $684m | −$49m −6.6% | 21.3% | $365m 53.4% | $1.1bn |
| Department of Industry, Science and Resources | $1.6bn | $1.4bn | −$160m −10.2% | 43.8% | $765m 54.4% | – |